Definitions

ART OF THE YOUNG STUDENTS (ARTYS or Studio here and below) provides classes for painting, drawing, art crafting and sculpture to children of ages 5 to 12 y.o. In groups of upto 8 students per class (usually less). Following policies and rules are applied to students and parents enrolling into ARTYS art programs.

 

ARTYS Studio Enrollment.

ARTYS Studio registration form must be completed for every student prior the student can enroll into ARTYS classes. The form must be completed online or alternatively a hard copy can be printed out, completed and returned to the Studio staff. A copy of the registration form can be downloaded at the registration page of the ARTYS web-site. Call ARTYS studio at +1 (650) 9960687 to complete your pre-registration by phone. 

 

An enrollment (one time per term, Fall Season, Spring Season) fee of $45 is applied to each student enrolling into ARTYS programs, the amount will be spent for art materials and supplies required in the course of the program for each season, except clay. An additional fee will applied for the clay on per sculpture course basis, the amount will depend on the size of the sculpture project and will be decided and agreed on per case by case basis. 

 

Enrolling into Classes

By enrolling a student into ARTYS classes the student can attend a certain number of classes (usually 4 clases, 1.5 hours each class until others agreed) during the calendar month. Classes must be paid on a monthly basis during the first week of the month but not later than the time of the first class attended by the student. Payment can be done either online via PayPal, Zelle services or in person with major credit cards, cash or check.

 

Classes Time and Schedule

We are trying our best to accommodate all requests about the time preferences of attending classes however enrolment into a specific class is always allotted based on availability at the time of payment. Your registration in a class is not guaranteed until your payment is received.

 

Waiting Lists

Once an instructor’s maximum enrollment is reached, names will be placed on a waiting list and students will be notified if an opening occurs. Waitlisted students will be notified in order received and based on their interest in full class registration. You cannot add yourself to the waiting list while registering online — you must do so over the phone or in person.

Prerequisites for the Classes

ARTYS Studio requires a student to meet certain prerequisites prior to enroll in to ARTYS program: 

• Russian Language Skills. For the time of writing these terms of service most of ARTYS's classes are given in Russian language. It is required that a student can speak and understand Russian language fluently (appropriate for the student ages). Some ARTYS art programs are built around Russian folk literature and fairytales and require the student to understand it in nuances. ARTYS studio reserves the right to terminate the student course if the student can't demonstrate enough level of Russian language skills. In such a case of termination the amount of paid  but unused classes will be refunded to the student.

Drop-in Policy

Though we are not welcoming a drop-in approach,  ARTYS studio may allow a drop-in one day attendance of its class on certain occasions. 

One time trial lesson for the fee of $35 can be used by the new students, price is a subject of change, please refer to the current classes catalog.

Per-day drop-ins are allowed at the price of 45$ are allowed in some classes with the consent of the instructor or where noted in the description. Students may drop in ONLY one time before they are required to purchase a full class unless otherwise noted.

Prorating

Classes are not refunded or prorated due to failure to attend, planned absences, minor illnesses or vacations until specifically discussed and agreed to art instructor for the particular class.

Though we do not allow proration or refunds under conditions mentioned above we are practicing so-called class transfers when a student is allowed to attend a class with the same instructor for the similar program within the group different than the group selected at the time of enrollment.

We acknowledge the fact that we are living in a really unusual and hard pandemic time, though ARTYS allows proration up to 2 (two) missed classes per term, e.g. Fall, Spring season etc. in case of major illnesses especially related to COVID 19.

Refund Policy

If a class is canceled by the ARTYS Studio, your fees will be refunded in full.

We will contact you via email and phone and offer you the chance to transfer into another class or receive a full refund for the class amount. Please allow 2 – 4 weeks for classes that were paid for with check or cash.

If you drop a class:

• At least 7 business days before the first class of the program starts, you will receive a 100% refund.
• Within 6 business days of the first day of class, but do not attend the first class, we will issue you a 75% refund.
• After the first class, we will issue a 50% refund.

No refunds issued after the second class; classes are not refunded due to failure to attend.

You can receive a full refund credited to your ARTYS account and good for another class or credited in full back to your credit card or PayPal. If you paid with check or cash, please allow 2 – 4 weeks for us to process a refund.

Students Attire

All students must have clothes and shoose appropriate to work with paint and/or clay. No loose clothing, hoop jewelry, necklaces must be tucked in, long hair must be tied back.

For out door painting sessions a hat of any kind and long sleeve T-shirt is required. 

Sign In and Sign Out

We require student under the age of 18 to be signed out by the adult that is bringing them to school and picking up.  Students who walk, ride their bikes, drive themselves, etc. may sign in and out for themselves when parent/guardian signs and turns in a release form

Sick Students

Please respect the safety of students and the ARTYS staff by excusing yourself from class in case of illness. We reserve the right to ask sick students to leave class.

ARTYS Studio recognizes that you are concerned about privacy. We are committed to preserving your privacy and safeguarding your sensitive information. The following statement describes the general information-gathering and usage practices of our sites.

Our staff, contractors, Internet service providers and others involved in this site follow this policy or similarly strict policies regarding your information.

 

Disclosure

ARTYS Studio is committed to fully disclosing our policies regarding the collection, use, maintenance, disclosure and security of personal information obtained from users of our site. The term “personal information” includes a name, address, email address, or any other information, which could be used to contact you directly or to identify you personally.

 

Use and Disclosure Limitations

ARTYS Studio only uses personal information about its Web site users for specific purposes. We do not share user information with third parties except when we have told users about the disclosures, when we have prior consent, or when required by law.

 

Use Policy

When ARTYS Studio gathers personal information from users, we ask for permission first. We also disclose, at the time of collection, how the information will be used by us. Personal information is used for activities such as auto-completion of commonly-used forms and helping us contact you when you solicit information from ARTYS Studio.

 

Disclosure Policy

We do not normally disclose personal information to anyone outside of ARTYS Studio unless we have previously informed users about the disclosures. However, some data may be used from time to time by outside contractors, including auditors or consultants, to assist us in carrying out necessary financial or operational activities. These uses will be consistent with this privacy policy and all contractors using this potential personal information must agree to safeguard it, to use it only for the authorized purpose, and to return it or destroy it upon completion of the activity. ARTYS Studio might be required to disclose personal information in response to a valid legal process such as a subpoena, search warrant or court order.

Although unlikely, it is possible that we may have to make certain disclosures to ensure the security of our Web site, to protect its integrity, or to take precautions against potential liability. In any of these situations, we will take any reasonable steps to limit the scope of the data disclosed.

 

Specific Information Collection Activities

“Contact” Functions. Some pages on our sites offer users the opportunity to email either ARTYS Studio, its affiliate organizations or other companies or organizations about specific issues. To do so, users are asked to provide certain personal information to facilitate these communications. This information often includes the user’s name, email address, and, depending on which contact method the user chooses, postal address. This information is used to create a template letter or message from the user to the organization or company and if the user chooses to email the message using our automated function, it will include the user’s email address to as part of the email message. This provides the organization or company a way to respond to users regarding the content of the message.

Complaints

ARTYS Studio will work with users to resolve any complaints about our privacy policies or practices. If you have a complaint about our privacy and fair information practices policy or about our implementation of the policy, you can write to us at the address listed below. ARTYS Studio will try to resolve any problems that arise in a fair and prompt manner.

 

Technical Issues Related to Your Privacy

ARTYS Studio uses a number of specific technical tools and techniques to ensure convenient, reliable and timely service. While we work to ensure the security of personal information, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure and some of these tools and techniques may affect your privacy concerns.

As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.

 

Cookies

ARTYS Studio occasionally uses “cookies” to provide convenience features to return visitors. “Cookies” are bits of information that are stored by your browser on your hard drive. As you activate certain information services at our Web site, we create a cookie to help our program remember who you are. The information stored in the cookie we send you contains personally identifiable information but is automatically deleted from your hard disk when you close your browser.

ARTYS Studio uses cookies only when appropriate and we never use cookies to retrieve information from your computer that was not originally sent in a cookie from us.

 

Web Logs

ARTYS Studio maintains standard Web logs that record basic information about visitors to our Web site. These logs contain:

The Internet domain from which you came to our Web site.

Your IP address.

An IP address is a series of numbers which uniquely identifies your connection to the Internet. Although it is possible in some instances, certain types of IP addresses may be used by interested persons to identify users but we do not attempt to identify users in this way.

The type of browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, etc.) and operating system (e.g., Windows 10) you use.The date and time you visited the site, and the pages you saw.

We use Web log information to design our Web site, identify popular features, and in similar ways. We do not try to identify individuals from Web logs or to link Web logs to other user information. However, if someone tries to damage our Web site or use it in an unauthorized or illegal way, we may share Web log information with law enforcement agencies. ARTYS Studio may provide aggregate information such as the number of users who visit particular pages of the site, or the number of people who link to certain external sites from our site, to other parties.

 

Links to Other Sites

ARTYS Studio does carry advertising on some of its sites and provides links to other sources of information which we believe may be of interest to site visitors. We have no control over the content of the sites to which we link in ARTYS Studio’s sites and these sites may have different privacy policies, which we encourage you to review. When you click through to other Web sites, you may get cookies directly from them. ARTYS Studio does not see or use these cookies, and we do not control how other sites use cookies.

 

Changes to Privacy Policy

ARTYS Studio’s features and services will change over time and our information-gathering practices and policies may also change.

While our philosophy of protecting user information from inappropriate uses and disclosures will not change, this policy will be updated occasionally to include any change that materially affects the collection, maintenance, use, or disclosure of personal information.

Other changes to this privacy policy statement that reflect refinements, improvements, updates, and new features will be made as appropriate and posted as soon as possible. Whenever the privacy policy changes, we will modify the date and version number to reflect that a change was made.

How to Request and/or Correct Information

 

Although ARTYS Studio has no programs or utilities to collect information other than those which have been outlined in this Privacy Policy, you may request in writing any personal information about you that we hold, or correct or amend information about you if it is inaccurate.